So I am thinking about taking on this project. I have been looking over the posts from the past from xCAGEx and jlech1805. I have watched the youtube videos and have played around with it. I have been able to get the game to work by just doing name changes with the Bears and Cowboys to see if I was doing things right...so far so good. I wanted to know if anyone would be interested in updated rosters for HC09? If so let me know...
This project will go through several stages if I decide to proceed.
I have made a list of a players still in the league when the game came out. Between 120-150 players. I will keep their player profiles if I can, all others will be changed to current players.
I want to make sure rosters are all accurate and in order
Then, update the ratings based on Madden 18 and some estimating.
Then, I will focus on player appearances.
Next will getting all the coaches in the right place.
From their it will be updating coach and team strategies and play styles.
One of the biggest portions will be getting salaries in order. Because the Cap was $61 lower in 08 ($116 mil in 08, $177 mil in 18), I will have to adjust salaries to a percentage based on those numbers. Plus the rookie scale was not in place in 08 so, I do not want to throw things too off. So contracts might not look exactly like today but a percentage based on today's numbers if that makes sense at all.
Lastly, rookie contracts negotiations is something else I need to dig in to as well. From reading Jlech1805 post rookie negotiations come up for Joe Flacco even though he's a 5 year vet in his 2013 version. Because he is hard coded as a rookie when the career starts no matter what his player card says. So I might need to take the 08 rookie class of players and insert the '18 rookie class for those players so the current class of rookies comes up for rookie negotiations. Still trying to figure out how to do that. If I can do it based on where they got picked or not.
So as you can see there is a lot to do. My goal is to have this file fully ready by the time the 2018 season starts. I love Head Coach 09 and want to see if I can make it fresh and current (for the Xbox 360 BTW)
Sorry it got long winded, anyway interested?
I have all the tools and research information in place, just deciding if I want to take the time to input it all. My wife thinks I am crazy, lol.
This project will go through several stages if I decide to proceed.
I have made a list of a players still in the league when the game came out. Between 120-150 players. I will keep their player profiles if I can, all others will be changed to current players.
I want to make sure rosters are all accurate and in order
Then, update the ratings based on Madden 18 and some estimating.
Then, I will focus on player appearances.
Next will getting all the coaches in the right place.
From their it will be updating coach and team strategies and play styles.
One of the biggest portions will be getting salaries in order. Because the Cap was $61 lower in 08 ($116 mil in 08, $177 mil in 18), I will have to adjust salaries to a percentage based on those numbers. Plus the rookie scale was not in place in 08 so, I do not want to throw things too off. So contracts might not look exactly like today but a percentage based on today's numbers if that makes sense at all.
Lastly, rookie contracts negotiations is something else I need to dig in to as well. From reading Jlech1805 post rookie negotiations come up for Joe Flacco even though he's a 5 year vet in his 2013 version. Because he is hard coded as a rookie when the career starts no matter what his player card says. So I might need to take the 08 rookie class of players and insert the '18 rookie class for those players so the current class of rookies comes up for rookie negotiations. Still trying to figure out how to do that. If I can do it based on where they got picked or not.
So as you can see there is a lot to do. My goal is to have this file fully ready by the time the 2018 season starts. I love Head Coach 09 and want to see if I can make it fresh and current (for the Xbox 360 BTW)
Sorry it got long winded, anyway interested?
I have all the tools and research information in place, just deciding if I want to take the time to input it all. My wife thinks I am crazy, lol.
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